Fire-kindler



(No Model.) i

G. E..& W. H. BAKER.

' PIRE KINDLER. No. 375,309. Patented Dec. 20, 1.887.v

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

GEORGE E. BAKER AND WILLIAM H. BAKER, OF ELKHART, INDIANA.

FIRE-KINDLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 375,309, dated December 20, 1887.

Application led July 22, 1886. Serial No. 208,812. (NO model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE E. BAKER and WILLIAM H. BAKER, citizens of the United States, residing at Elkhart, in the county of Elkhart, State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ere-Kindlers, as set forth in the following speciiicatiomwith reference to the accompanying drawings,with letters of reference marked thereon, forming a part of the specication.

This invention has relation to improvements in iire-kindlers of that classin which asbestus or other non-combustible material is used as an absorbent for the inflammable liquid; and it has for its object to providea cheap kindler of small size with a largeigniting-surface and one in which small particles of asbestus may be utilized land pressed while making up the article.

'lhe invention will be fully understood from the following description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figurel is a side elevation of a kindler constructed according to our improvements. Fig. 2 is an end view of the saine. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are views of different forms of disks which may be employed, and Fig. 6 is a sectional detail view.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, B indicates a handle, which is composed of a single wire looped about midway of its length to form an eye, as shown, whereby the same may be hung up when not in use, and the handle portion is twisted to give strength and durability.

H indicates disks, which in the present instance we have shown of different configurations on their periphery. In Eig. 3 we have shown the disk ofstellated form with numerous points, and in Fig. 4 we have shown a disk approximately cruciform, the object in both cases being to attain a great superlcial area. These disks are formed of asbestus, with a centhe kindler,so as to form abody of truncatedcone form with corrugated longitudinal sides. y

In constructing the kindler, we take a wire of sufficient length and form a loop in the same about midway of its length, and then twist the 'branches for a sufficient distance to form a convenient grip for the operator, the outer portions being left plain for their insertion through the disks. We then place the largest disk over the plain branches of the wire, and then the next largest, and so on until the desired length is attained. We then place a washer,C, over the wire and beat its free ends down, as shown at D, a washer having been previously placed at the outer side of the largest disk and the wire swelled to form a stop therefor, as shown,

It will thus be seen that we have a kindler which may be made of any size desired by simply adding or removing disks from the wire.

Having described our invention, what we claim is- As an improved article of manufacture, a ire-kindler composed of a wire handle twisted and looped, as shown, and a plurality of disks of asbestus, having corrugated peripheries and centraltransversc apertures, the said disks being of different diameters and strung upon the wire so as to form a body of truncated conical form with longitudinal corrugated sides, substantially as specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto attached our hands this 29th day of May, 1886.

` GEORGE E. BAKER. WILLIAM H. BAKER.

W'itnesses:

J AIvIEs H. LUDLoW, CHARLES S. HENDERSON.. 

